Adjectives of Quantity
ADJECTIVES OF QUANTITY
What are Adjectives of Quantity?
"An adjective used to talk about the quantity of things is known as Adjective of Quantity. (How much / many - number)"
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(1) Definite Number Adjective
(2) Indefinite Number Adjective
(3) Distributive Number Adjective
Types of Adjectives of quantity or numbers: |
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(1) Definite Number Adjective
Those adjectives which clearly denote an exact number of nouns or the order of the noun. i.e. One, Two, Twenty, Twenty-Five etc. also known as Cardinals. First, Second, Third, fifth etc. also known as Ordinals.
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• A week has seven days.
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• The spider has eight legs.
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• She bought two pencils for the quiz.
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• There are five mangos in the bowl.
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• My Apartment is on the second floor.
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• He gave the ball to the first student.
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• He got the first position in his class.
(2) Indefinite Number Adjective
Those adjectives that do not give an exact numerical amount but just give a general idea of the amount. i.e. Some, Many, Few, Any, Several, All etc.
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• Renu has many books.
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• Please give me some milk.
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• He did not drink any milk.
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• She gained much experience.
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• Vivek gave me all his books.
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• I have some chocolates for you.
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• Several boys came looking for you.
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• Many roads were damaged in the rain.
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• The teacher pointed out several mistakes in her essay.
(3) Distributive Number Adjective
Those adjectives that are used to refer to individual nouns within the whole amount. i.e. Either, Neither, Each, Every, Another, Other etc.
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• Either of you can do the work.
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• Either of the ways is correct.
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• Every car on the lot is for sale.
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• Every woman is beautiful in her way.
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• A bonus was provided to each employee.
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• Neither my son nor my daughter is at home.
More usage of Adjectives
For the intermediate values we use no, little, much, enough, whole, half etc.
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• I have no books.
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• The poor man has no food.
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• He ate only half plate pasta.
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• We do not have enough glasses.
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• My father gave me much advice.
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• My father earned enough money.
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• There is enough rice in the bag.
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• I will read this whole book today.
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• There is a little milk in the jug.
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• I expect little help from my friends.
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• My milk glass is half full half empty.
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• He showed much courage in the competition.
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